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==Lewes==
 
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*[[Sussex_Towns_and_Parishes_L#LEWES|Jireh chapel.]]
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The chapel dates from 1805 and has been restored with an English Heritage grant. The building is timber framed but hung with "mathematical tiles" which give the effect of brickwork, a style which is particularly predominant in historic buildings in the town. The first minister was Jenkin Jenkins of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connection, chapel records are at the East Sussex Record Office in Lewes.  Since 1998 it has been in the hands of the Free Presbyterian Church. Kyle Paisley, better known as Rev Ian Paisley has preached there at an Orange Lodge thanksgiving service.
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*[[Sussex_Towns_and_Parishes_L#LEWES|Providence Chapel, East Street.]] is now a private house.
 
*[[Sussex_Towns_and_Parishes_L#LEWES|Providence Chapel, East Street.]] is now a private house.
  

Revision as of 18:38, 13 September 2008

Lindfield

The church is at the northern edge of the village and is unlocked daily. On street parking is available further south in the High Street. For over a hundred years burials have taken place at the cemetery at Walstead about 2km along Lewes Road (the junction by the Post Office).

Lewes

The chapel dates from 1805 and has been restored with an English Heritage grant. The building is timber framed but hung with "mathematical tiles" which give the effect of brickwork, a style which is particularly predominant in historic buildings in the town. The first minister was Jenkin Jenkins of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connection, chapel records are at the East Sussex Record Office in Lewes. Since 1998 it has been in the hands of the Free Presbyterian Church. Kyle Paisley, better known as Rev Ian Paisley has preached there at an Orange Lodge thanksgiving service.

The board outside the chapel reads as follows: “The large “back addition” to the medieval Bull Inn was built in 1583 by Sir Henry Goring, who used the whole building as his town house. In 1700 the Elizabethan part was made into a meeting house for Dissenters who had left the church in 1662. First known as “Presbyterians” and later as “Unitarians” or “Free Christians”, they have continued to emphasise religious freedom and tolerance. Thomas Walker Horsfield historian of Sussex and champion of Catholic Emancipation ministered here from 1817-1827. In 1913 John H. Avery the Lewes ironfounder, had the meeting house divided into a chapel, hall and vestibule. Since 1987 the hall has housed the One World Centre – an embodiment of Westgate’s historic commitment to universal brotherhood."

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